BIR Scheduling Workshops During Fall Meeting

The Bureau of International Recycling will be conducting three workshops on various issues important to companies involved in nonferrous metals.

The first workshop the Non Ferrous Division will sponsor is a workshop on credit insurance. The program is scheduled for Oct. 28. Two representatives of Gerling Namur, the Belgian subsidiary of the world’s second largest insurer Gerling NCM, will give a detailed presentation on the advantages of subscribing to a credit insurance. Business changes, the development of economic risks, and the evolving nature of a company’s credit coverage often require an effective and made-to measure response from an insurance company.

Gerling Namur covers invoices against the risk of non-payment in both the domestic and export market. Their activities include the coverage of non-payment risks, particularly in the area of export credit risk for both businesses and private individuals.

The second workshop will be on finance and economics. Carine Brasseur, Fixed Income Analyst Financial Markets of Fortis Bank, one of Belgium’s biggest finance institutes, will be analyzing current economic situation worldwide under the title “From An Economic Recession To A Confidence Crisis”. The workshop will take place Oct. 28th.

The Media & Metal Separation Committee will organize a one-hour workshop on sensor sorting techniques, involving the expertise of two of BIR’s German member companies Separation Systems Engineering GmbH and Steinert. SSE is an experienced designer, manufacturer and installer of optical, color and metal separation machines, and Steinert specializes in electromagnetic technology, especially the separation and lifting of bulk materials.